Critics of the U.S.definition of poverty claim it is an inaccurate measure of our poor because:
A) it is a single number that does not capture regional differences in the cost of living.
B) the ratio of food to total income is different now than when the definition of poverty was defined.
C) it fails to account accurately for expenditures other than food.
D) All of these are true.
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Q7: When a society is more equal:
A) the
Q8: The relative poverty line defines poverty:
A) in
Q9: Because the U.S.poverty line is an absolute
Q10: An absolute poverty line is usually set
Q11: The poverty rate is defined as:
A) the
Q13: Over the last 50 years,the poor have:
A)
Q14: Over the last 50 years,poverty has been:
A)
Q15: In 2014,what percent of the population lived
Q16: Since 1970,the poverty rate has largely fluctuated
Q17: According to economist Emmanuel Saez,between 1993 and
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